#C6C040#C6C040

#C6C040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.146 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C040
RGB	rgb(198, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -13.02, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 63.63, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0417 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.146 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0654, 50.0767, 12.2468)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C040 #4046C6

analogous

#C67D40 #C6C040 #89C640

triadic

#C6C040 #40C6C0 #C040C6

tetradic

#C6C040 #40C67D #4046C6 #C64089

square

#C6C040 #40C67D #4046C6 #C64089

split-complementary

#C6C040 #4089C6 #7D40C6

monochromatic

#6C6820 #9B962E #C6C040 #D4D06F #E2DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C6C040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#C6C040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C040

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C040	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.146 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd27c',
    500: '#c6c040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c040;
$custom-light: #dbd27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78963,
    "c": 0.14555,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C040

secondary

#353875

accent

#51DD4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C040

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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